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Snowport, 1867. In the coldest, darkest corner of the Empire, a dead man’s footsteps lead the way through gas-lit streets of murder, conspiracy, science, spirituality, and a secret that could change the path of history. Walk them. Find the truth. Become the great detective this cursed town needs, solving cases and balancing the attentions of […]

The Sleuthhounds continue to make the rounds of all our favourite holidays. After successfully navigating The Valentine's Vendetta and The Halloween Deception, now anthropomorphic animal detectives Pureluck Homes and Jane Ampson have set their sights on Christmas in today's release of .  In , the two investigators are called to a dilapidated manor belonging to […]

Adventure games aren't for dummies. But that doesn't mean they can't dummies, as we'll now get the chance to find out for ourselves thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign for . Players step into the role of an unseen protagonist, who awakens sitting “at the table of a luxurious banquet. You have a terrible headache […]

Campo Santo has decided to stop playing with fire, but there's no guarantee their next destination will be much safer. The creators of have pulled back the curtain on their next project, and while in many respects the experience looks to share much in common with its predecessor, the setting will be vastly different . […]

Normally the only time you'd use the words “heartwrenching” and “mess” in the same sentences is some variation of “it's heartwrenching how often I need to clean this mess.” But indie Australian developer Robot House is ready to flip that script in a big way with the release of , a game with a “heartwrenching […]

You are Rashida, a disgraced former explorer and filmmaker given one last shot at the adventurous life. Somewhere, beyond the endless miles of dunes, ruins, and tombs of a remote and ancient valley in the Egyptian desert, lies an incredible archaeological discovery—but it can’t be found without the help of Zora, the former partner you […]

There's may be way too much hostility in the world, but we can always do with a little , a short new point-and-click adventure released on Steam. stars a young astronaut who crash lands alone on an alien planet. What transpires after that is being kept closely under wraps, but what we do know is […]

Usually when we refer to “retro” graphics, we're talking about something from the late '80s or early '90s. Klabater and Polish developer Punch Punk Games are going far more retro than that, however, bringing medieval art alive early next year in the  stylish point-and-click adventure . Harry, of course, is the protagonist of , thrust […]